Population characteristics, mechanisms of primary care and premature mortality in England: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health systems with strong primary care tend to have better population outcomes, but in many countries demand for care is growing. We sought to identify mechanisms of primary care that influence premature mortality.

Design

We developed a conceptual model of the mechanisms by which primary care influences premature mortality, and undertook a cross-sectional study in which population and primary care variables reflecting the model were used to explain variations in mortality of those aged under 75 years. The premature standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for each practice, available from the Department of Health, had been calculated from numbers of deaths in the 5 years from 2006 to 2010. A regression model was undertaken with explanatory variables for the year 2009

SUBMITTER: Baker R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762103 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature